Bomb squad render Oroville pressure cooker 'safe'

OROVILLE — A pressure cooker was rendered "safe" Sunday evening after an anonymous caller reported the object had been left outside of an Oroville church.

A press released issued by the Butte County Sheriff's Office says the call came into the Oroville Police Department at about 6 p.m. The caller said the pressure cooker was left on the sidewalk near a church at Bird Street and Feather River Boulevard.

The police called the bomb squad. The team investigated the cooker, according to the press release.

Based on vandalism in the area and the "suspicious circumstances" of the situation, bomb team rendered the object "safe," but the press release does not say how it was made safe.